Topic: Questions

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Revise the vocabulary for different aspects of identity and culture – this includes family, friends, home, food, fashion, hobbies, and traditions.
Master the use of interrogatives like ¿Qué?, ¿Dónde?, ¿Cómo?, ¿Cuándo?, ¿Por qué?, ¿Quién? and ¿Cuál?.

Understand how to formulate both open and closed questions in Spanish.
Remember the verb comes first in a question, e.g. ¿Tienes hermanos? for “Do you have siblings?”

Apply these questions to aspects such as discussing native and foreign culture.
Be able to ask questions about others’ identities and cultures as well as your own.

Practice using different tenses to ask past, present and future questions.
Use the present simple to ask about general facts and habits, e.g. ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? for “What do you do in your free time?”
Use the preterite past tense to ask about specific past events, e.g. ¿A dónde fuiste durante las vacaciones? for “Where did you go during the holidays?”
Use future tense to inquire about upcoming plans or aspirations, e.g. ¿Qué vas a hacer este fin de semana? for “What are you going to do this weekend?”

Recognise the use of connectives in complex interrogative sentences.
Practice using words like ‘y’ (and), ‘o’ (or), ‘pero’ (but), ‘porque’ (because) in question formation.

Learn how to formulate negative questions, e.g. ¿No te gusta la música rock? for “Don’t you like rock music?”

Be familiar with common conversational phrases, such as ¿Verdad? (Right?), ¿No es así? (Isn’t it so?), ¿Entiendes? (Do you understand?)
Combine these phrases with your questions to invite further discussion or agreement.

Regularly test your understanding through dialogue, written exercises or online Spanish quizzes.